era for the metropolis of today. the city was besieged by poverty. it was the epicenter of the sex industry while in the late 1970s, the serial killer son of sam terrorized the city killing six people and injuring seven others along the way. the subways were different and looked different, too, tapged with graffiti and grime and heavy police presence. there was a grit but also a sense of danger. crack cocaine and heroin infested the city driving the crime rate higher with much of the crime occurring on the subways as noted in this clip from nbc nightly news in 1985. the new york subway system, the bernard subway shooter gave the subways fresh notoriety to many outsiders, many who live here this is an area where fear
then he leaves a forensics new year s eve party in the bag, hair, finger prints, dna and a dplok pistol that atf probably has already traced. sometimes even in a beg event the gun traces right back to the killer like in the son of sam case. we traced the go unto the son of sam so there is no case that may not be traced. it could be a stolen guns, a traffic guns, an obliterated serial number gun. it could be a replica of a glock, a ghost gun. if it has a serial number, atf placed an urgent trace. they have acts across the company looking at that before the dawn hits, i believe we may know who the guy is. the police may already have him, trust me. you tuque ability a ghost gun. we don t know if it is. president biden was trying to mandate these ghost guns have serial numbers attached to them
if you commit a crime and do the time, should you still be able to make a buck off of your bad act? it s a question most assume is answered after the infamous 1970s son of sam murder spree led to laws nationwide panning criminals from cashing in on their crimes. you may remember the new york city serial killer tried to sell his life story to hollywood. and while, no, the tinder swindler is far from a serial killer, we should ask and must ask should a man made famous for scamming women out of millions be given his own show where women compete to be with him? the same for elizabeth holmes and anna sorokin. barb mcquade has stayed with us. barb, we want to be clear here. we re bringing up son of sam laws. it s not clear if they can apply to the tinder swindler because
the search continues for the .44-caliber killer who has come to be known as the son of sam. he warned in one of his sick and threatening letters to the press and to the police, sam s a thirsty lad, and he won t let me stop killing until he s had his fill of blood. it was a really miserably hot summer in new york. and everything went dark. and i heard someone on the street go, oh, it s a blackout! the looters were out almost instantly. and it felt apocalyptic. i remember going to bed that night thinking it was the end of the world. new york city in the early morning after a night of no electric power. what it did have in the dark streets was a wild outburst of crime. when the greatest city in the world goes black, it showed a
history with the capture of son of sam. and this is what they say tripped up the .44 caliber killer. a parking ticket. david berkowitz drove this cream-colored ford galaxie from his home in yonkers to bensonhurst, brooklyn. then police say he went to stalk his 12th and 13th victims. but in the place he parked was a fire hydrant, and police had the lead they needed. when we get him and i interrogate him, my attitude at this time, i want to take him and throw him out the window. this guy was so pathetic. it was like talking to a zucchini. never blinked. constant smile on his face. so after a while i start to feel sorry for the guy. you know, he s gone. right? i feel great. i think the people of our city will feel great relief. praise the lord. it s over. we re very, very happy. that was the first thing we heard this morning. it was fantastic. it was great. serial killers tend to be cunning. that allows them to stay at large. when they get caught it s usually because of luck.